Non-stretching ventilated mattress.



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.AUGUST RBERTI, 3R., AND 'EDWARD L. ROBERTX, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

.'ISYN-STRE'ICRING VENTKLATED MIAT'IFRESS.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

-lPatented Jlipr.. 25, 1216..

To all whom 11' 'may concern.'

Be it'known that we, AUGUST Rounnri, Jr., and lowann L. Ronnu'rr, citizens of the `United States, both residing at Los Angeles, in the cmin'ty-ol; Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful lilou-Stretching Ventilated Mattress, of which the following is a specication.

@uiinvention relates to mattresses, and the lirz' object of the invention is to provide a n'iattress which will permanently retain its shape without spreadingv of the mattress due to a ,l'latteuinggj ol the tutting so that extra .initial allowance tor tutting is uimecessary.

luie second object of the invention is to provide Ventilating spaces so that the tilling; has a regular supply oli-liresh air.

The third obje-et ot the invention is to do away with the external tufts common to the ordinary iorin oLt mattress and to substitute therefor e. flat sur-tace. This results in a much more comfortable mattress than the standard form and one that is more sanitary, the ordinary form of tufts Atending to collect dirt.

The fourth object of the invention is to provide tufting means or tie members between the upper and lower tick which are entirely concealed within the mattress and entirely protected. This is important as the ordinary 'form ol exposed tufts are very often torn or worn ofi'.

rll`he fifth object of the invention is to provide a tufting or tie means which will secure the filling against lateral displacement or shiftingr within the tick. This is impor` tant as there is a decided tendency for the {il-lino' to be forced away from the center by a person lying on the center of the mattress,

- so that after long use hollows andfridges appear in the mattress.

rlhe sixth object of the invention is to provide. a reinforced tick so that relatively cheap material can be used without danger of the tick wearing or stretching. This renoreefment is preferably run across the warp, this being the weak direction of the ticking material.

The seventh object of the invention is to provide a mattress having' a flat surface and an even thickness so that full elasticity of the filling is utilized and maintained.

Further objects and advantages Will be made evident hereinafter.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a plan view of our invention applied to a mattress, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section on the plane a02-m2 of Fig. l, showing a mattress with portions of the filling removed to better illustrate the invention.

In this particular embodiment of our invention, an upper ticking member 11 and a lower ticking member 12 are secured to gether by a boxing 13, the three members 11, 12 and 13 forming an inclosedtiek in which is placed the lilling; material 14;. The iilling may be hair, .cotton elt, sill;

loss, or kapolr, or any similar' material.

Before the mattress is made up and the members 1l, 12 and 13 are sewed together, reinforcing strips 15 and 16 are sewed to the members 11 and 12 by means o1 seams 17 and 18, tabs 19 being sewed on top oit' the strips 16 and tabs 20 being sewed on top of the strips 15. Eyelets 22 are then cured through the member 11i and. the strips 15, and eyelets 21 are secured through the member 12 and the strips 1G. The eyelets are so placed that the tabs 19 and 20 naturally lie over the eyelets as shown at A and B in Fig. 2. The filling is then forced into place in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 2, this movement or" the illing forcing the tabs up against the eyelets as shown at A and B in Fig. 2.

After the mattress has been lilled and the tiek closed, the operator proceeds to put in the ties 23. These ties are formed olf twine 24; and are put in Aplace in the following manner: A double pointed mattress needle 25 is used, the twine 24e being threaded .through an eye 26 near one end 27 of the needle. The end 27 is passed through. an eyelet 22, through a tab 20, through the filling 111, through a tab 19 and out throngh an eyelet 21, the needle being rawnv through the tabs 19 and 20 and the'fll ing' 14, and the twine 24 also being drawn through forming the first strand 28 of a tie. The opposite end 29 of the needle 25 is then passed through the eyelet 21, the same tab 19, the filling 14 and the tab 2O and out through the eyelet 22, the needle 25 and the twine 24: being drawn through to form the second strand 30 of a tie. A mattress knot 31 is then formed on the end 32 of the first strand 28' about the second strand 30 and this knot is pulled into the interior of the mattress, y

the tabs 19 and 20 being pulled into the position'C--D of Fig. 2. The end 33 of the second-strand isvthen cut ofi outside the mattress. The operation is then repeated, -ties 23 being formed between each of the tabs 19 and 20 until all the tabs are tied together in the position C D.

The reinforcing strips 16 and 17 run across the warp thread of the ticking and produce a tick that will not stretch and which will permanently retainv its shape, thus accomplishing the first object defined above. The eyelets 21 andk 22 remain open allowing air to be drawn in and l'forced out of the mattress, thus accomplishing the sec.-

`ond object.

, 'i cured to said members in such a F30 As the tabs 19 and 20 .and the ties 23 are entirely within the mattress all external ties the filling against lateral displacement, this being the fifth object.

By the use of the reinforcing strips 16 and 17, the sixth object of the invention is accomplished, and the seventh object of the invention is accomplished by the use of the needle through the eyelets.

While we have illustrated and described our invention as applied to a mattress, it is evident that it may be applied to any form of furniture where cushions are desired, or to vehicles, or other articles having such cushions. The term mattress is therefore to be understood to include not only mattresses, but all similar devices.

We claim as our invention:

1. A mattress comprising an upper tick member, a lower tick member, boxing secured to said members'in suchv a manner as to form an inclosed tick, filling for said tick, ties secured to the inner surface of said members connecting said upper and lower tick members at a plurality of points, and eyelets in said tick members through which said ties vmay be put in place.

2. A mattress comprising an upper tick member, a lower ticlr member,

manner as to form an inclosed tick, filling for said tick, upper tabs secured to said upper tick member, lower tabs secured to said lower'tick member, said tabs projecting into said lilling, ties for connecting each upper tab with i, 1 scese a corresponding lower tab, and eyelets-'in said .tick members through which said ties may be put in place. t

3. A mattress comprising an upper tlck member, a lower tick member, boxing secured to said members in such a manner as to form an inclosed tick, filling for said tick, upper tabs secured to said upper tick member, lower tabs secured to said lower tick member, said tabs projecting into said filling, string ties each sewn tirough an upper and a lower tab and lmot d in such a manner as to form a closed loop connecting said upper and lower tabs, and eyelets in said tick. members vthrough which said ties may be put in place.`

4. A mattress comprising an upper tick member, a. lower tick member, boxing secured to said members in such a manner as to form an inclosed tick, reinforcing strips running across the inner surfaces of said tick members and secured thereto, upper tabs secured at intervals to said reinforcing strips on said upqper member, lower tabs secured at interva to said reinforcing strips on said lowe'r member,.ties for connecting said tabs in pairs,

tick, filling forsaid v and eyelets 'in said tick members ythrough which said ties may be ut in place.

5. A mattress comprising an 'gp/per tick member, a lower tick member,

cured to said members in such a manner as to form an inclosedY tick filling for said tick, reinforcing strips r nning across `the inner surfaces of saidtick members and secured thereto, upper tabs secured` at intervals to said reinforcingstrips on said upper member', lower tabs secured at intervals to said reinforcing strips on said lower member, string ties each sewn through an upper and a lower tab and knotted in such a manner as to form a closed loop connecting said upper and lower tabs, said tick members through which said ties may be put in place.

6. ln -a cushion having a iiexible upper tick member, tabs secured to said member" and projecting into the interior of the cushion, ties for anchoring said tabs to the lower structure of the cushion, and eyelets in said tick member so place that said ties`- can be secured to said tabs therethrough, each of said eyelets being located in the upper tick immediately beside oneA of said ties.

7. A fiexible cover yfor cushions or mattresses comprising a tick, tabs secured to the inner side of said tick, anchoring means for said tabs, and an eyelet in said tick above each of said tabs, said eyelets being so located that theanchoring means may be secured to said tabs therethrough.

8. A fiexible cover for cushions or mattresses comprising a tick, a reinforcing strip securedpto the inner sideof said ticli, tabs and eyelets in secured to said reinforcing strip, anchoring set our hands ai; Los mgees, Califoma, means for said tabs, and eyelets im. said tick, this lsf; day of Februm'y, 1915.

each of said eyelets beingY so located, with AUGUST ROBERTI, JR. reference to one of said tabs that said. EDVARD L. RUBIERTL anchoring means may be applied to Said tabs lm presvence ofu through said eyelet. FRED A. MANSFIELD,

n testimony' whereof, We have hereunto Faim Vil Hmmm 

